2 Corinthians 10:8

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,

Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit

True; by their unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by your faith. Don’t be conceited, but fear;

Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together.

Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

But rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.”

I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’

For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

When I arrive, I will send whoever you approve with letters to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the assembly of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia:

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.

And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,

Therefore show the proof of your love to them before the assemblies, and of our boasting on your behalf.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

(the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.

but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;

This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

“To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:

So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?

We don’t control your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

For if in anything I have boasted to him on your behalf, I was not disappointed. But as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our glorying also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.

For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me or hears from me.

For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.

Paul, an apostle—not from men, nor through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

Don’t count him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

Therefore though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,